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Flying soon? Locate your guns.

10/08/24
It’s not overdoing it to say that the Stuck at the Airport safety and security team is a bit obsessed with the topic of firearms at airports. We can’t go down the rabbit hole that is the gun control discussion here. But we do get quite alarmed every time the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) →

TSA’s firearm tally hits a new record

01/10/24
(‘No Guns on Planes’ photo courtesy TSA) Pop quiz: Can you take your gun on a plane in your carry-on bag? The answer is no. But the message isn’t getting through. No matter how many times and in how many ways the Transportation Security Administration crew tries to remind travelers of that fact. In 2023, →

News to use: travel safely during the Mideast crisis

10/25/23
(This is a story we first reported for NBC News) Last Thursday the State Department advised travelers from the U.S. to “exercise increased caution” worldwide because of the Israel-Hamas war, citing “the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests.” The warning “means what it says,” said Jeffrey Price, an aviation security expert →

Worried about REAL ID? Deadline now: May 2025

12/06/22
Citing the lingering effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public’s ability (and reluctance) to obtain a REAL ID driver’s license or identification card, federal officials have once extended the deadline for when fliers must have a federally compliant REAL ID. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the deadline for enforcement of REAL ID →

Some airports ease travel. Others make it harder

09/19/22
Now you can reserve a checkpoint slot at Miami Int’l Airport One of the newest, and most welcome airport amenities are free programs that allow passengers to schedule the time they go through TSA checkpoint screening. Examples include the Spot Saver program at Seattle-Tacoma Internation Airport (SEA), the LAX Fast Lane at Los Angeles International →

Another airport lets you reserve your checkpoint time

06/13/21
The uptick in air travel brings with it an uptick in airport security wait times. So airports around the country are getting creative in testing new ways to keep those lines from getting out of hand. You may remember our story about the “Spot Saver” program Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is piloting this summer that →
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